This is the first full-scale biography, in any language, of a towering figure in German and European Romanticism: August Wilhelm Schlegel whose life, 1767 to 1845, coincided with its inexorable rise. As poet, translator, critic and oriental scholar, Schlegel's extraordinarily diverse interests and writings left a vast intellectual legacy, making him a foundational figure in several branches of knowledge. He was one of the last thinkers in Europe able to practise as well as to theorise, and to attempt to comprehend the nature of culture without being forced to be a narrow specialist. With his...

Roger Paulin informiert über Tiecks Leben, über seine literaturgeschichtliche Herkunft und Entwicklung, über sein vielfältiges Werk als Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Herausgeber, über Überlieferung, Ausgaben und die Sekundärliteratur.